Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity succe…

William James
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.
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My experience is what I agree to attend to. ✨ William James (2012). The Principles of Psychology, p.402, Courier Corporation
If the topic be highly abstract, show its nature by concrete examples. If it be unfamiliar, trace some point of analogy in it with the known. If it be inhuman, make it figure as part of a story. If i … ▶
Philosophy is at once the most sublime and the most trivial of human pursuits. ✨ William James, Frederick Burkhardt, Fredson Bowers, Ignas K. Skrupskelis (1979). Some Problems of Philosophy, p.199, H … ▶
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Success or failure depends more upon attitude than upon capacity successful men act as though they have accomplished or are enjoying something. Soon it becomes a reality. Act, look, feel successful, conduct yourself accordingly, and you will be amazed at the positive results.

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